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Proverbs 8:3

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

KJV

juxta portas civitatis, in ipsis foribus loquitur, dicens :

Vulgate

παρὰ γὰρ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει, ἐν δὲ εἰσόδοις ὑμνεῖται

LXX

Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

ASV

לְ/יַד שְׁעָרִ֥ים לְ/פִי קָ֑רֶת מְב֖וֹא פְתָחִ֣ים תָּרֹֽנָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְרַנֵּֽנוּ
yrnnv
verb · 52×
מְב֣וֹא
mbv'
noun · 23×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×
קָ֑רֶת
qrt
noun · 5×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§721Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts …

Cross-references

  • Job 29:7 — When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
  • John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.